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These Eerie GIFs Show How Your Phone Feels, Hears, And Sees You

Your phone tracks your every move. Have you ever wondered what that looks like?

These Eerie GIFs Show How Your Phone Feels, Hears, And Sees You

Watch As Capitalism Spreads, Through The Writings Of Adam Smith

This animated infographic shows where, when, and in what language Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations has been published around the world. Watch a planet slowly grasped by the invisible hand.

Watch As Capitalism Spreads, Through The Writings Of Adam Smith

Handsome Paper Notebooks Come With Digital Backup

Mod is a line of notebooks that “syncs to the cloud.”

Handsome Paper Notebooks Come With Digital Backup

An App Designed To Keep Your Micromanaging Boss At Bay

Innovation By Design

Everyday Turns A Famed Viral Video Into iPhone App Gold

How MetaLab designer William Wilkinson turned a viral video meme into a best-selling iPhone app.

Everyday Turns A Famed Viral Video Into iPhone App Gold

Innovation By Design

Flow Lets You Split To-Do Lists With Others, Takes Aim at Basecamp

Impact

What the former CEO of Reddit learned from Silicon Valley about planting trees

The world is aiming for net-zero emissions by 2050. It’s time to admit it’s not enough

How the U.S. kept hunger from skyrocketing during COVID: government aid and charity

News

Delta variant vaccinated vs. unvaccinated: This new CDC chart shows how well COVID-19 vaccines work

Report: Beijing to break up Ant’s Alipay and force creation of separate loans app

VMAs 2021: How to watch the MTV Video Music Awards live without cable

Co.Design

This bus stop doubles as a kids’ playground

These cozy dining cabins are made from hundreds of plastic bottles

15 books to jump-start your creativity this fall

Work Life

3 ways to achieve self-awareness—and become a better leader

This is who should (and shouldn’t) return to the office

Struggling to get your point across in meetings? Try these 5 tips